This is a list of the monthly “Beaks and Bills” columns by Joe Meche. Titles in bold are stand-alone articles written by Joe Meche.
Looking Back — February 2016
Cold Weather Birding — January 2016
Winter Is for Waterfowl — December 2015
Silver Lake Park — October/November 2015
Camping and Birding Close to Home — September 2015
Birding and Camping in Early Winters Country — August 2015
Artist Point and a Sense of Place — July 2015
Bird Nests — June 2015
Shorebirds — May 2014
The Southwest Coast — April 2015
Citizen Science and Bird Populations Trends — March 2015
Refuge — February 2015
Bird Names — January 2015
A Pass, a Park, and a Bridge — December 2014
Seasonal Changes — October/November 2014
A Close Encounter with Wildfire — September 2014
Paddling the Chuckanut Shoreline – August 2014
Padilla Bay – July 2014
Four Days in May — June 2014
Birding Tacoma — May 2014
Birding in Baja — April 2014
Winterspring — March 2014
Gulls — February 2014
Waterfowl — January 2014
Curlew Lake — December 2013
Fall Migration — October/November 2013
Birding on the Salish Sea — September 2013
Midsummer Birding South of the Border — August 2013
Back to the Eastside — July 2013
Of Swifts and Swallows and Wood Warblers — June 2013
Walking Whatcom Creek — May 2013
Spring Migration — April 2013
11th Annual Wings Over Water: Northwest Birding Festival — March 2013
Seasonal Changes — February 2013
Divers and Dabblers — January 2013
Counting Birds — December 2012
Fall Into Winter Birding — October/November 2012
Birds According to Peterson #7 — September 2012
Birds According to Peterson #6 — August 2012
Birds According to Peterson #5 — July 2012
Birds According to Peterson #4 — June 2012
Birds According to Peterson #3 — May 2012
Birds According to Peterson #2 — April 2012
Birds According to Peterson #1 — March 2012
Owls — February 2012
Birdwatching in Winter — January 2012
Northwest Wildlife Rehabilitation Center — December 2011
Seasonal Swings — October/November 2011
An Oregon Coast Sampler — September 2011
The Terns are Unwelcome on Port Property — August 2011
Blue Collar Birds — August 2011
East of the Mountains — July 2011
Spring Birding Close to Home — June 2011
Whatcom Creek: A Passage in Time — May 2011
Reifel — April 2011
Caspian Terns in Bellingham — March 2011
Cama Beach Revisited — February 2011
On the Road — January 2011
On the Road — December 2010
Caspian Farewell and an Urban Snipe Hunt — October/November 2010
To Everything Tern, Tern, Tern: Bellingham’s Caspian Tern Summer — September 2010
Lower Whatcom Creek: An Urban Treasure — August 2010
Birdwatchers, Big Days and Birdathons — July 2010
The Dipper and the Tern — June 2010
What’s In a Name? — May 2010
Three Parks for the Birds — April 2010
Manning Provincial Park — March 2010
Camano Island — February 2010
Winter Birdwatching — January 2010
Christmas Bird Count — December 2009
Mount Baker Highway: To Artist Point and Beyond — October/November 2009
Exploring Waldron Island — September 2009
Drayton Harbor/Semiahmoo: Fading Gems? — August 2009
Gadabouts on the Northern Peninsula — July 2009
Birding on the Cascade Loop — June 2009
Spring Birding Around the Village — May 2009
Three-Bay Sunday — April 2009
Snowshoe Sunday — March 2009
Snowbirds —February 2009
Birding the Lower Mainland — January 2009
Long Beach Peninsula — December 2008
Sailing to Victoria: A Three-Hour Cruise — October/November 2008
Camping Closer to Home — September 2008
Birds From A to Z — August 2008
Anahim Lake: Renewal at the Eagles Nest — July 2008
Dungeness Weekend — June 2008
Sequim for a Day — May 2008
The Passerines — April 2008
Winter Into Spring — March 2008
Birding North Kitsap — February 2008
Bird Brains — January 2008
Bella Coola: Down the Hill and Beyond — December 2007
Bella Coola: A Long and Winding Road — October/November 2007
Birds in Peril — September 2007
Back to the Eastside — August 2007
A Bird’s-Eye View — July 2007
Birding in the Southeastern Corner — June 2007
Spring Forward — May 2007
Birdwatching Ethics — April 2007
Birds as Symbols — March 2007
The Topography of Birds — February 2007
Urban Birding — January 2007
Ducks — December 2006
Return of the Shorebirds: The Name Game Continues — October/November 2006
September Song — September 2006
The Dog Days of Birding — August 2006
Corvids — July 2006
Are You a Birdwatcher or a Birder? — June 2006
Courtship — May 2006
Birding on the Road — April 2006
Spring Is on the Way — March 2006
Chickadees — February 2006
The Snowy Owl: Ghost Owl of the Far North — January 2006
Sequoia Redux — December 2005
The Shared Evolution of Birds and Birdwatchers — December 2005
Searching for Giants in Bellingham — October/November 2005
Introduced and Escaped Species — October/November 2005
Birds in Arts and Literature — September 2005
Conservation — August 2005
Protecting Migratory Birds — July 2005
Extinction or Extirpation? — June 2005
An Appreciation of Birds —May 2005
Birding Optics —April 2005
Navigation — March 2005
Birds in Cold Weather — February 2005
Swans — January 2005
Winter Birds — December 2004
Feathers — September 2004
Sunset Cruise on Bellingham Bay — August 2004
Flight — August 2004
From Hatching to Fledging — July 2004
Birds and Their Eggs — June 2004
Bird Nests in Whatcom County — May 2004
Songbirds — April 2004
Brant: A Unique Goose — March 2004
National Wildlife Refuges: Four for the Road — February 2004
Diving Birds — January 2004
Winter Birdwatching in Whatcom County — December 2003
Pioneers of Ornithology — October/November 2003
Winged Migration: Gone With the Wind — September 2003
Eagles, Hawks and Falcons Highlight Winter Birding — September 2003
Rediscovering Okanogan Birds — August 2003
Bird Books: A Baker’s Dozen for Summer Reading — July 2003
A Matter of Art and Passion — June 2003
Swallows and Swifts — June 2003
The Mississippi River Floodplain Is Shrinking — May 2003
Warblers — May 2003
Gulls Not Seagulls — April 2003
Shorebirds — March 2003
Waterfowl — February 2003
Interview With Artist and Conservationist Robert Bateman — January 2003
Christmas Bird Count: Citizen Science at Work — January 2003
Owls — December 2002
Bird Names — October/November 2002
Woodpeckers — August 2002
Migration — July 2002
Malheur — June 2002
Rediscovering Birds in Whatcom County — April 2002
